Weather Records on 19 June 1956

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 June 1956. Highest significance: Eckman 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 19 June 1956

On 19 June 1956, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 503 daily.
Eckman 2 SE set a daily record precipitation of 82.0 mm (3.2 in) on 19 June 1956.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 19 June 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 June 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dasuya	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mogoca	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vellore	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sagrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvaiyaru	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Debiabhoj Diyabh	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliakheri	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress Dam 48	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chandragiri	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rafiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Satgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dholka	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 19 June 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 June 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 June 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

399 broken records

Margins by which the 399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 June 1956

Top 20 records on 19 June 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 June 1956	Eckman 2 SE, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Tanjavur, IN	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Bhogpur, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Washington Court House, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Harrai, IN	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Dasuya, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Windsor, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Tirupati, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Mogoca, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Hamilton, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Demagiri, IN	daily rain	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Vellore, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Charleston, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Barrie, CA	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Cascadia, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Wytheville, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Huntsville, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 June 1956	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1803 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1956. 1956 had 507 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 06-19 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1821	1
1823	2
1830	1
1838	1
1839	2
1844	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1855	3
1862	2
1865	3
1868	2
1869	4
1870	3
1873	1
1874	1
1877	3
1882	1
1883	4
1884	1
1886	5
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	10
1898	1
1899	3
1901	8
1902	2
1903	12
1904	4
1905	17
1906	16
1907	14
1908	49
1909	26
1910	11
1911	70
1912	27
1913	34
1914	27
1915	74
1916	44
1917	57
1918	184
1919	57
1920	40
1921	58
1922	50
1923	209
1924	141
1925	287
1926	213
1927	202
1928	213
1929	236
1930	239
1931	605
1932	200
1933	642
1934	467
1935	470
1936	467
1937	264
1938	368
1939	436
1940	508
1941	199
1942	349
1943	168
1944	468
1945	514
1946	877
1947	355
1948	345
1949	488
1950	465
1951	251
1952	346
1953	877
1954	402
1955	398
1956	507
1957	551
1958	419
1959	561
1960	271
1961	771
1962	344
1963	301
1964	840
1965	446
1966	358
1967	543
1968	455
1969	587
1970	707
1971	629
1972	500
1973	631
1974	631
1975	1,076
1976	797
1977	579
1978	577
1979	630
1980	558
1981	835
1982	926
1983	821
1984	678
1985	960
1986	767
1987	920
1988	870
1989	876
1990	727
1991	845
1992	557
1993	1,131
1994	1,295
1995	1,217
1996	1,179
1997	735
1998	1,608
1999	968
2000	1,353
2001	623
2002	1,156
2003	874
2004	1,248
2005	1,170
2006	755
2007	1,098
2008	613
2009	1,049
2010	861
2011	1,217
2012	964
2013	1,071
2014	531
2015	718
2016	955
2017	1,067
2018	778
2019	464
2020	547
2021	1,463
2022	1,221
2023	1,035
2024	993
2025	899
2026	998

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	394
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1